20.6.08

BAD ROSIE BITES !

Can you imagine that this cute little Rosie here watching birds, can bite you ??

That happened to me last night ! I was sleeping peacefully in my bed, when suddenly Rosie climbed up on me and purred in my ear. Half asleep I petted her and she purred and purred like a good oiled motor. But suddenly she stopped and bit me hard in one of my hands which I had folded on my belly ! I screemed (it hurt !) and switched on the light just to see Miss Rosie's tail disappearing through the door ! What had happened ? I don't know.

In the morning I immediately googled "Biting cats" and got the answer ! Cats are biting for many reasons, but the one which fitted in my case was, they bite you when you pet them too much ! They get fat up ! I was offended ! She woke me up for cuddles and as a thank you I got bitten !

And of course today she is as sweet as usual !

That's quite new to me, I never got bitten by one of my cats ! Now I know that Rosie has "petting limits" !!

Chance loves to give me "the bitey". Usually while we are in bed snuggling and I am petting him while I fall asleep. He starts to meow and meow at me and then bites me so I will stop petting him. He never bites hard though, just enough to let me know he's done and just wants to sleep.

I have been bitten upon occasion by all three of my cats, only it's very rare except for with Socks. I figured that once in a while I was being bitten because I had petted too much but I didn't know that for sure.

Thanks for the information, Gattina -- you saved me a Google session! (That is, if you used Google; sometimes I wonder how reliable that search engine is.)

Puddy does that too - if I pat for too long, I get a little nip. If I put my hand near her face sometimes she will nip it too. I know it's not a nasty bite though, because she doesn't hurt me, it's just like a little playful nip.

She still gets in trouble though - we don't encourage biting at all!

Your scream would be enough for Rosie to know what she did was wrong - I hope she came back to you later to say sorry with some head bumps (which is what Puddy always does).

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I love painting, writing, travelling and photography. My favorit models are my four cats which I observe with fun and humor. I am German, married to an Italian and we live in Waterloo (15 km from Brussels) / Belgium since many years. Waterloo is a famous place to many tourists, because Napoleon lost his battle here against Wellington and other European countries.